Otto Nückel's "Destiny" is a wordless novel told through lead engravings, depicting a woman's life in a German city. This German Expressionist work is noted for its stark, dramatic imagery and its influence on the graphic novel form.
Sources for Otto Nückel — Destiny: A Novel in Pictures (Schicksal: Eine Geschichte in Bildern)
Otto Nückel — Destiny: A Novel in Pictures (Schicksal: Eine Geschichte in Bildern) in Wordless Novels
Held in the Wordless Novels chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
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